Method of preparing brick for transportation to market



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J. C. ANDERSON.

METHOD OP PRBPARING BRICK POR TRANSPORTATION TO MARKET.

No. 389,043, Patented Sept. 4, 1888,

NrrE SrarEs PATENT @Erica JAMES C. ANDERSON, 0F HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

METHOD 0F PREPARENG BRlCK FOR TRANSPORTATION TO MARKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part o Letters Patent No. 389,043. dated Septembere, 1888.

Original application filed August 1S, 1587, Serial No. 247,204. Dividedand this application [led April i9, i858. Serial No, 271,194.

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To @ZZ whom it 77u03/ concern:

.Be it known that l, JAMES C. ANDEnsoN, a citizen of the United Statesof America, re siding at Highland Park,in the county of Lake and Stateoflllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theMethod of Burning, Packing, and Transporting Brick,oi` which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in the method of burning, packing,and transporting bricks to market.

In an application for a patent filed by me August 1S, 1587, Serial No.247,205, I have claimed the method of burning brick in continuous kilnsby passing two trains of cars loaded with the brick to be burned throughtunnels in opposite directions past suitable furnaces, which burn thebrick to the proper point, the heated and burned portions of each of thebrick bodies being utilized to heat and water-smoke the brick in theother column or body.

In another application for a patent, filed by me August 18, 1887, SerialNo. 247,204, I have shown, described, and claimed a kiln for burningfine brick, in which the principles of the invention claimed inapplication No. 247,205 are utilized, only suoli changes being made asare necessary to prevent the fumes of the products of combustion fromcoming in contact with the brick.

This application being a division of application No. 247,204, theinvention hereof consists in. the method hereinafter described ofhacking the bricks to be burned on cars in rows, with interveningspaces, and after the brick are burned packing hay, straw, or othersuitable material into the spaces to hold the brick in their place,whereby frequent handlings of the brick are dispensed with and the carsadapted to be transported any desired distance without injury to thebrick.

In the drawing herewith annexed I have shown in side elevation the topor body ofthe car with the bricks piled thereon and the spaces betweenthe piles of bricks filled with straw or hay.

A indicates the body ofthe car, which may be of special construction,but preferably of the ordinary gondola type used generally on railroads.The floor or bottom of the car is protected from the injurious effectsof the heat from the furnaces by layers of asbestos, felt, and sheetmetal and a layer or layers of tireproof tiles, A,on which the brick tobe burned are stacked, said tiles being held in position by theangle-irons B. These angle-irous B also serre to hold the body C of thecar, as shown in dotted lines, the car-body being placed thereon afterthe bricks have been burned. The bricks are'piled in rows across the carflatwise and lengthwise, ouelayer irnlnediately above and on top of theother,so as to allow a free space, D, from top to bottom between each ofthe rows or piles, said spaces not only serving to allow the heat fromthe furnaces to readily reach the brick to perfectly burn the saine, butalso to receive the hay, straw, or other suitable packing material, E,which is forced into the spaces after the car is removed from the kilnand the bricks have become sufiiciently cool,so as not toignite thepacking material.

The bricks may be packed in rows of two laid side by side, and, asbefore stated, flatwise and lengthwise across the car, care being takento place the face edge of the brick outward or toward the open spaces,so that this edge will be in contact with the straw or other packingmaterial, and the 'face edges will not rub against the adjacentbrick,and thus all danger ofinjuring the brick in transporting the sameto market is obviated.

Another important advantage gained by this process is that the usualfrequent handlings of the brick are dispensed with. The only handling ofthe brick occurs when they are taken from the machine and stacked on thecar, no other handling taking place until the bricks are delivered inthe market.

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The method herein described of preparing brick for transportation tomarket, which consists in hacking the brick on a car in piles,

with intervening spaces between the piles,and In testimony whereof I axmy signature in burning the bricks on said car, and in then presence oftwo Witnesses. packing hay, straw, or other suitable material into thespaces between the piles of brick,

5 whereby a. Separate handling of the brick to Witnesses:

prepare them for safe transportation is ds- L. W. SINSABAUGH, pensedwith. J. C. STODDARD.

J. C. ANDERSON.

